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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Newly acquired Patriots cornerback Robert "Reggie" McClain is playing in the backyard again, sort of. The seventh-round draft pick and UConn alum was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2010. He spent the last three seasons in Atlanta. "I'm just thankful to be on a team, be able to come out here and compete every day and come out here, try to earn a spot on the team," McClain said after the second day of training camp Friday. "I'm excited. I'm excited to come out here every day and work on my craft. I'm excited to go out there and prepare myself for the season. It's football and if I go out there and work hard at...

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Newly acquired Patriots cornerback Robert "Reggie" McClain is playing in the backyard again, sort of.
The seventh-round draft pick and UConn alum was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2010. He spent the last three...

UConn will play 15 games in the 2015-16 season at the XL Center in Hartford, play in two tournaments in January, and meet Notre Dame Nov. 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the day after playing the Irish in Hartford. The schedule was...

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HARTFORD — A.J. Price has seen his share of good young players go through the Greater Hartford Pro-Am, but he hadn't seen who he called the best until Sunday night at Sport Sciences Academy. It was Tremont Waters.
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